honey bee need more power

[Matt]

I have a Honey bee Mark 2. i have just put some align skids on and it weigh's the heli down abit. i need more power, (bigger motor). what should i do.

[Adrianli]

Go seperates n brushless.

[Matt]

setup

if i was to go brushless what stuff would i need.

[Adrianli]

1) Brushless motor
2) Brushless esc

If urs is not the 4 in 1 type.

If it is 4 in 1 type, god bless u coz u'll need more stuff :

1) Brush esc for tail motor
2) Gyro
3) 4ch Rx

[Matt]

thanks but ill think ill give the brushless setup a miss. i dont have that much money for all of it thanks anyway.

[awesome]

thanks but ill think ill give the brushless setup a miss. i dont have that much money for all of it thanks anyway.

yeap..would prefer to keep it simple..which it's supposed to be..

anyway, i have not seen this Mark 2 yet..can you provide me a link to it?? thanks...

[balance_mind]

Think should be a 4ch honey bee fixed pitch heli with added reinforcements.
Should be a 4in1. Your transmitter may need to change if going separates. I'm not too sure about honey bee.

Another option is to replace the stock batt to Lipo. It can increase your lifting power.

If your heli would not lift as high before, increasing the flybar pitch will help but will also add strain to the motor and batt. Thus shorter flight time.

[Matt]

this is from Rotor

http://shop.rotor.com.sg/show-detail.asp?prodid={34D7EC61-E085-470A-A736-5239E921F6DE}

[Tele]

try those batteries that I gave you out.
if that wont work it might be the connectors ..the JST connectors are only good up to about 6amps. some of our old heli's needed 10 amps or so to lift off. change them to the micro deans ( the ones on the battery already) as they are rated to 15 amps.

final option is go 3 cell if your mixer can take it. I have some that you could try 1200 mah.

Cheers
Mr B

[w_kby]

My Honey Bee uses the training skids with 2mm carbon rods and pin pong balls. The weight should not be too heavy for the heli to manage. Not sure the size of carbon rod you have.

To use 3s Lipo batteries (11.1v) you must first make sure your 4-in-1 is designed for it, else it will certainly burn out one day. The part codes are different for those designed for 2s and 3s.

Hope this helps.

[Matt]

pics

here is a pic

[Super-Hornet]

Hehe! TRex landing skids! That is heavy for that bird.

SH

[Matt]

thanks w_kby
i just tried some thunder power 2cell 1320mah. and they worked fine. but just looking for abit more power so gonna try some 3s1p packs.

[Matt]

i need some of these.
also check out this video with them on

http://www.rcgroups.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=27223&sort=1&size=medium&cat=500&page=1

[w_kby]

Sori....I misunderstood your Align skids for training skids.

BTW, if you are thinking of using the 3s1p, make sure that your 4-in-1 can handle 11.1V. I think the part number for the 4-in-1 which can run on 3s is EK2-0702A. The 'A' indicates that it is suitable for 11.1V.

Please make doubly sure before pluging in. The 4-in-1 is very expensive and some freq may not have ready parts. 4-in-1 burns out easily if miss handled. I have replace my 4-in-1 twice before. Now I have added a fuse before each motor as extra protection.

Hope this helps

thanks w_kby
i just tried some thunder power 2cell 1320mah. and they worked fine. but just looking for abit more power so gonna try some 3s1p packs.